. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Melanthium latifdlium Desr, Crisped Bunch-flower. Fig. 1236. fMelanthium hybridum Walt. FI. Car. 125. 1788. M. latifolium Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 4: 25. 1797. Melanthium latifolium longipedicellatum A, Brownj Bull. Torr. Club 23: 152. 1896. Stem Stout or slender, 2°-4° tall. Leaves 6b- lanceolate, acute, 6"-2' wide, the. lower clasping, the upper sessile
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Melanthium latifdlium Desr, Crisped Bunch-flower. Fig. 1236. fMelanthium hybridum Walt. FI. Car. 125. 1788. M. latifolium Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 4: 25. 1797. Melanthium latifolium longipedicellatum A, Brownj Bull. Torr. Club 23: 152. 1896. Stem Stout or slender, 2°-4° tall. Leaves 6b- lanceolate, acute, 6"-2' wide, the. lower clasping, the upper sessile and much smaller; panicle usu- ally ic long or more, its branches ascending or spreading; flowers 6"-8" broad, greenish white, turning darker; blade of the perianth-segments orbicular or ovate, undulate and crisped, longer than the claw or about equalling, it, bearing 2 glands at the base; capsule 6"-8 long, its cavi- ties 4-8-seeded; seeds rather larger than those of the preceding species; flowers fragrant. In dry woods and on hills, Connecticut to Pennsyl- vania and South Carolina. Ascends to 2000 ft. in North Carolina. Pedicels 3"-8" long. July-Aug. 14. VERATRUM L. Sp. PI. 1044. 1753. Tall perennial herbs, with thick short poisonous rootstocks, the leaves mostly broad, clasping, strongly veined and plaited, the Stem and inflorescence putrescent. Flowers green- ish or yellowish or purple, rather large, polygamous or monoecious, on short stout pedicels in large terminal panicles. Perianth-segments 6, glandless or nearly so, not clawed, some- times adnate to the base of the ovary. Stamens opposite the perianth-segments and free from them, shortj mostly curved. Anthers cordate, their sacs confluent. Ovary ovoid; styles 3, persistent. Capsule 3-lobed, 3-celled,' the cavities several-seeded. Seeds very flat, broadly winged. [Ancient name of the Hellebore.] About 12 species, natives of the north temperate zone. Besides the following another occurs in sout
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